Sustainable rural water services

The first phase of this program has been implemented from 2006 and 2012; the second phase is currently in preparation and seeking for financial partners; Social progress in the target communities will be enhanced through increased access to and availability of safe drinking water, by empowering communities, esp. women, to participate fully in the sustainable management of their WASH projects through democratic, good governed and business-oriented community-owned water supply organizations (COWSOs), by improving public health and the nutritional status of children through ensuring the provision of safe drinking water and hygiene promotion, by improving the sustainable management of water resources of the Rufiji River Basin by capacitating and involving COWSOs in river basin related planning and management processes

iringa and njombe regions (1,7 ml hab)

zanzibar

(1,2 ml hab)

target population 170.000

total investment 2006/2015 (milion €) 6,70 €

local membership

Member TAWASANET (WASH NGOs network)

Member Rural WASH partners group (?)

Main program Partnerships

IRINGA WATER

AUTHORITY

IRINGA

REGION

NJOMBE

DISTRICT

main financial partners

REVOLUTIONARY

GOVERNMENT

ZANZIBAR

FAI International

Assistance Fund (CH)

main achievements

water point mapping

water quality testing

cowsos assessment training

national regulations rural water supply in zanzibar

water source and hydrogeological survey

WASH advocacy

challenge 2015

Setup and support to Tove-Mtwango Water Users Association, supplying water to more than 50.000 users

Tools and skills developed

Pressurized and gravity-fed multi-village water schemes

Community-based + water supply

Market-based strategy to promote household water treatment systems

Water point mapping and water quality testing tool

Engineering and hydrogeology survey and implementation

WASH advocacy training methodology

Framework programme

2012; to be funded

Ambitions 2015/2020

National hub for water quality systems and smart technologies

Leader in COWSOs (CB water operators) training and support at national scale

Leading WASH operations design and implementation in the Iringa and Njombe Regions ( 1,7 Ml hab.)